Ngā Kaupapa nui o te wā - News and Events
Our Whare, ‘Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti’ was blessed yesterday. We would like to acknowledge our Bishop Steve Lowe for the beautiful reopening and blessing that was done by him for all of us and our Katorika whanau from our chapel.
It was an amazing and spiritually uplifting inspiring opening for all of us that attended. The day was amazing and the food and refreshments were enjoyed by us all.
Ngā mihi nui to all who were present, including representatives of our kaumātua council, the directors of HPL, members of our Interim Governance Group and our trustees of Te Kāmaka Marae Committee, our supporters from the Catholic Church, families, friends and our communities present to support the reopening and blessing of our facility,thank you all so much for being there and supporting our wonderful day. This marks an important opportunity for us to provide better quality manaakitanga services to all our people that book our marae into the future.
This will allow us to provide better depth and a more extensive range of services to our people. This includes our marae,our meeting house Te Kāmaka, our marae ātea, our hall in joint MŌU relationship with the Transformation Academy and also included is our new hospitality services through Te Whare Manaaki ō Pihopa Kereti, that we now can provide to all those who will book our services better hospitality services to them.
To all those that helped in the back to prepare our opening and food for the day,thank you all very much.
All are welcome to join on Waitangi Day – more details on the poster.
Our final Hāto Petera Pānui has been published for 2024. Click this link to read the Pānui.
Mai Maketu ki Tongariro, ko Te Arawa te waka.
Te Arawa māngai nui, ūpoko tūtakitaki!
E te iwi e, ko te tangi a te rūrū tērā ka rangona nei hei tohu i te hinganga o Angus Hikairo Macfarlane.
Nō te ata tonu nei, ka riro tēnei rangatira o tātou ki tōnā Atua, ki ōna rahinga hoki e tatari mai ana ki tua o Paerau.
Aue taukuri e, ko mātou noa e tangi atu nei mōu kua riro atu nei.
Kei te heke ngā roimata, kei te tangi te ngākau i te ngau o te mamae, nā reira haere koe e koro ki a rātou mā, ka oti atu.
It is with heavy hearts that we convey the news of the passing of Angus Hikairo Macfarlane (CNZM). Surrounded by his whānau, Matua Angus passed away peacefully and now makes that journey to reconnect with Atua, with his parents, brother and sisters, daughters and old friends.
He is the son of Ken and Riparata Macfarlane, husband of Sonja Macfarlane, father to Josephine (dec), Miriam (dec), Joseph and Michelle, Roimata and Tama, step-father to Matt and Shanna, Lyndon and Amelia, koro to Hikairo, Nepia, Javahn, Waipuna, Hohepa, Mateio, Riley and Lydia, and great-koro to Olive Kōtuku.
Matua Angus is an esteemed member of the Hāto Petera whānau, being an ex-student, a long time advocate and supporter of the kura and a member of the kāhui kaumātua helping to guide and shape the work to take the Hāto Petera site into the future. We will miss his sharp intellect, his wicked sense of humour and his tremendously generous spirit. Moe mai e te rangatira. Kua oti au mahi. E te pononga pai haere ki te haringa mau tonu o te Atua.
Matua Angus will lay at Tunohopu Marae, Ōhinemutu, Rotorua from 1pm on Thursday 28 November and final service will be held at 11am on Saturday 30th November followed by burial at Kauae cemetery.
Te Kāmaka Marae hosted over 400 people as part of this important kaupapa, with excellent support from the community.
The event included school representations, Auckland City Mission, AUT, Māori Wardens, Kaipātiki Community Facilities, local marae, and organizations such as Te Kotahi a Tāmaki Collective, Mataatua Marae, and Ngā Kete Wānanga, Fulton and Hogan.
Being selected as the host marae among 55 others was a significant honor, with widespread media coverage raising the profile of Te Kāmaka Marae.
We provided dinner and breakfast for over 300 people, accommodated 200 attendees in both the gym and marae, and joined the entourage to walk the Harbour Bridge—a truly collaborative and
impactful occasion.
Naku noa na
Dr. Pouroto Ngaropo
Chairman
Te Kāmaka Marae
Great to hear that Carmel College Year 7-10 students have been learning 100 every day Māori words.
These words are arranged into the following categories:
- Home
- Māoritanga
- Whānau
- Katorika
- School
- Places
All junior students have now completed an online test via Education Perfect.
Ka pai Carmel College!
Please click this link to read the latest Hāto Petera Pānui.
#NEWSMAKERS: The simple act of answering the phone with the now widely-used greeting “kia ora” nearly lost Dame Naida Glavish her job 40 years ago 
The simple act of answering the phone with the now widely-used Māori greeting nearly lost Dame Naida Glavish her job 40 years ago.
Glavish, then known as Naida Povey, had used the greeting since starting her work as a toll operator in 1975, but a promotion to a senior role in Auckland and the arrival of a new supervisor from Taupō who stuck “strictly” to the rules saw the “challenges begin”, she said. “The rules were ‘good morning’, ‘good afternoon’, ‘good evening’.
We are pleased to have Dame Naida as a Kaumatua Rōpū member for Hāto Petera. Click here to read the article and click on the video half way down the article to watch the news story.
Before Dawn we gathered on Monday 24 June. We were blessed with a welcome to Te Kamaka Marae by Dr Pouroto Ngaropo, led in karakia by Matua Manuel Beazley. We remembered and acknowledged those who have passed in the previous year, we acknowledged a new year, new growth and new pathways.
It was a chilly morning so we were pleased to join in hot soup and hot beverages at the completion of the ceremony. Join us for workshops on Tuesday 25 June and Wednesday 3 July from 10am to 2.00pm.
Matariki a nuku
Matariki a rangi
Matariki Toi Ora
Ui e Taiki e!
Matariki be bound to energy
Matariki be bound to the sky
let it get new life
as we move forward in the new year,
it is done!